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the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower. surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push. that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it, but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spawned. you go in, and you begin to work, excavate, play with the dancers, and then things began to emerge. you may have a plan that this is what i want to create. here are the ideas i want to play with, but then, you go into the room, and there maybe some fertile ideas that are becoming manifest that are more interesting than the idea you had initially set out to plan. so there has to be this openness for spontaneity. also, a sense that regardless of the deadline, that you have tons of time so the you can keep your creativity alive and not cut it off and just go into old habits. it is a lot like listening. really listening to watch what
the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower. surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push. that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it, but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spawned. you go in, and you begin to work, excavate, play with the dancers, and then...
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center stage, insiders say to watch for a tighter focus on the middle class, infrastructure and the environment and touched on in the inaugural address and starting wednesday the president will hit the road, takes the message to residents of north carolina, georgia and north carolina. our next guest was a speechwriter for president clinton. including four state of the union addresses. michael waldman is executive director of the brennan center for justice at nyu. welcome. >> great to be with you. >> what's the strategy behind a more aggressive maybe antagonist kind of message that we might hear tomorrow night? >> well, one of the things is that it seems to be working. i think that his inaugural address, for example, was to me the best speech he's given as president. it didn't have some of the drabness and caution of some of his earlier speeches. it said something. and so, i think that if he keeps going with that approach of boldness and ambition it is not that everything he says is enacted in to law but he'll be able to make a case to the country and with some vivid colors and strong arguments.
center stage, insiders say to watch for a tighter focus on the middle class, infrastructure and the environment and touched on in the inaugural address and starting wednesday the president will hit the road, takes the message to residents of north carolina, georgia and north carolina. our next guest was a speechwriter for president clinton. including four state of the union addresses. michael waldman is executive director of the brennan center for justice at nyu. welcome. >> great to be...
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that is not going to be derailed by what i call a religion of orthodoxy of the environment. in other words, they're -- what i regard as being practical about the environment, that's important because they have a lot of resource businesses that will not be hurt by willy-nilly laws that could be passed that really do exappropriate nate a lot of their property. that's a little bit of a conservative view, but that's the way it take it. let's go to john in ohio. >> caller: hi, jim. how should i play a spinoff? should i spell the parent company or sell the company that was spun off or hold -- >> case by case, i typically like to keep the parent and sell the sub. but in some situations like abbott, i like abbott more than abv. it's case by case and if it's -- for instance, i spend a huge amount of time trying to describe what is better. i do my best on this show to tell you too. you want your portfolio to shine in any market, you have to own gold. i prefer the gld over the bouillon. but both give you insurance against chaos. and please don't buy the individual stocks of gold miners
that is not going to be derailed by what i call a religion of orthodoxy of the environment. in other words, they're -- what i regard as being practical about the environment, that's important because they have a lot of resource businesses that will not be hurt by willy-nilly laws that could be passed that really do exappropriate nate a lot of their property. that's a little bit of a conservative view, but that's the way it take it. let's go to john in ohio. >> caller: hi, jim. how should...
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obviously, when it comes to the environment, i think we have like-minded objectives. mr. harper and mr. obama have both set a 7% reduction in emissions. -- 17% we have worked together on reducing emissions in cars and trucks. canada is aggressively moving forward on our plan to ban and phase out dirty coal-fired electricity, and i think we all share the need for a growing economy to create jobs. we share the desire on energy security in north america, and we also share the objective of protecting our environment for future generations, and those will be areas where we will continue to work together. [speaking in french] [speaking in french] merci. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very, very much. we appreciate it. >> appreciate it. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> >> 3 of her four children died, her four sons died, one in the lightest and one shortly after her husband's assassination. the kinds of grief this woman was going for was amazing, mary todd lincoln. everyone thought
obviously, when it comes to the environment, i think we have like-minded objectives. mr. harper and mr. obama have both set a 7% reduction in emissions. -- 17% we have worked together on reducing emissions in cars and trucks. canada is aggressively moving forward on our plan to ban and phase out dirty coal-fired electricity, and i think we all share the need for a growing economy to create jobs. we share the desire on energy security in north america, and we also share the objective of...
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what makes it special is that we have a social market economy and we have focused on environment and climate issues. we will also try to make a good basis of that. and all of the other things that make europe special. what we need to do is to change what we feel is our core values. we need to do this come as, as i have tried to do back home in denmark. we have done three things. first of all, we have kept an extremely tight budget. we have adopted a budget legislation and we can no longer exceed our budget from here on turn year-to-year. all of this means that we have a very low interest rate in denmark, we have become a safe haven. a tight budget is important. the second thing is to be on a reform friendly. we have performed so much the last year that i don't think it has any comparison in our history. we have performed early retirement, and we have now reformed the benefit system. we are trying to reform the education system. we have been on a big frenzy. there then come i feel that this is important. we have tried to bring balance into our budget. at the same time, having a focus
what makes it special is that we have a social market economy and we have focused on environment and climate issues. we will also try to make a good basis of that. and all of the other things that make europe special. what we need to do is to change what we feel is our core values. we need to do this come as, as i have tried to do back home in denmark. we have done three things. first of all, we have kept an extremely tight budget. we have adopted a budget legislation and we can no longer...
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number of work force reports with the baby boomer generation retiring the and with a new health-care environment that physicians and the solutions aside from everything else, a number of areas of the medically served appropriately. there are specialties getting to the right hospitals. there are a number of issues. it is also hard to go into a looser sheffield of that is your desire. to miss several years to pay my way because of the restrictions. we have always advocated when you go through the immigration pathways, especially the skilled immigration pathways, there should be a great deal of portability a market-based -- people gravitate to where the demands are. these girls are appropriately needed and where they can function best. we have had the privilege of working with the office in the past -- i am a graduate. the are looking for authorization. there are looking for physicians who go to underserved areas and i have to stand the backlog of the end of service at the upgrade ideas it to be a part. >> to talk about agriculture. we are talking about seasonal workers. i know my colleagues brough
number of work force reports with the baby boomer generation retiring the and with a new health-care environment that physicians and the solutions aside from everything else, a number of areas of the medically served appropriately. there are specialties getting to the right hospitals. there are a number of issues. it is also hard to go into a looser sheffield of that is your desire. to miss several years to pay my way because of the restrictions. we have always advocated when you go through the...
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we need to protect their environment. we have a strict quarantine system to protect the integrity of the environment. forty years on, it's still a class-a nature reserve. it's our job to look after them. ...it's my job to look after it. ♪ ...it's my job to look after it. sleep train'sor presidents' day presidents' day sale is on now. save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. plus, free delivery, set-up, and removal of your old set. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now. superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ police are looking for an escaped suspect in san jose. wanted for outstanding probation violation warrants tonight. 32 year old anthony sanchez was in police custody earlier today, when an arresting officer was briefly distracted with paperwork. that's when the handcuffed suspect. jumped into
we need to protect their environment. we have a strict quarantine system to protect the integrity of the environment. forty years on, it's still a class-a nature reserve. it's our job to look after them. ...it's my job to look after it. ♪ ...it's my job to look after it. sleep train'sor presidents' day presidents' day sale is on now. save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. plus, free...
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do you see this environment changing in any sort of fundamental way? >> well, i think what gets confused in the discussion on loopholes or tax expenditures is that there's two issues. one is do you want the particular subsidy or spending-like item that you've got, and, second, do you want it in the tax code? actually, that's the third issue, the tax code in a budget sense, and do you want the tie rapts to administer it? first issue, whether you want to the provision seems to me is the same issue you got with direct spending items. doo i want to subsidize wanes? that's earned income tax credit, and this is one item i favor. i favor weighed sub subsidies aw income level with income distribution. i don't like the budget accounting for it because it feels like it's a tax cut when it's an expenditure. it makes it easier to enact that way. it has the same effect as direct expenditure. it's a rare exception of the tax code i don't want irs to administer it, but for weight subsidies, the fact that employers issue w 2s, i think they can administer. separate the
do you see this environment changing in any sort of fundamental way? >> well, i think what gets confused in the discussion on loopholes or tax expenditures is that there's two issues. one is do you want the particular subsidy or spending-like item that you've got, and, second, do you want it in the tax code? actually, that's the third issue, the tax code in a budget sense, and do you want the tie rapts to administer it? first issue, whether you want to the provision seems to me is the...
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home building or infrastructural services they will continue to do extremely well actually in this environment. now let's now take a quick look at the markets to see where we stand this friday on wall street which is still actively trading equities are higher in fact almost one percent higher walls three quarters of a percent higher for the nasdaq shares of mcdonald's are jumping on better than expected results over in europe shares closed in the block on friday with miners and banks pushing the indices highers well two main factors boosted the appetite for risk positive chinese trade data and the european union leaders agreeing on a budget cut the first one to history i should add here in russia investors didn't seem to find too many reasons for optimism hence the indices wore a lower they ended this week's session in the red roughly a third of a percent each for both of my sex and the r.t.s. but the russian ruble managed to strengthen to both currencies of as you're seeing here the euro was pretty much flat to the dollar. and russia's flag ship airline araf lot this week fiercely criticized
home building or infrastructural services they will continue to do extremely well actually in this environment. now let's now take a quick look at the markets to see where we stand this friday on wall street which is still actively trading equities are higher in fact almost one percent higher walls three quarters of a percent higher for the nasdaq shares of mcdonald's are jumping on better than expected results over in europe shares closed in the block on friday with miners and banks pushing...
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clear from a number of reports that with the baby boom generation retiring and with a new health-care environment, there is a shortage of health care workers at various levels. in a number of areas that are not medically served appropriately. certain specialties issues that are [indiscernible] there are a number of issues. it is hard when you come from eight [indiscernible] when you come in like i did. going to research field and it took several years to get to that because of the restrictions that are placed. we always advocated that when you go through the immigration pathways especially the field immigration pathways there should be market-based characteristics of that people gravitate, people with skills gravitate to where the demands are and where their skills are really needed. health care is no exception. i have had the privilege of working with senator conrad's office in the past of which i am a graduate. and they're looking for physicians who served under serb areas. -- underserved areas. >> we talk about agriculture, you are talking seasonal workers. in the example that my colleague fro
clear from a number of reports that with the baby boom generation retiring and with a new health-care environment, there is a shortage of health care workers at various levels. in a number of areas that are not medically served appropriately. certain specialties issues that are [indiscernible] there are a number of issues. it is hard when you come from eight [indiscernible] when you come in like i did. going to research field and it took several years to get to that because of the restrictions...
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. >> what about the idea that the regulatory environment is getting tougher from the epa to, you know, the financial regulators, dodd frank, business today faces a different regulatory environment than the past couple of decades, no? >> i don't think so. i remember early on acquisitions we were going to make t at at&t, it was tough. we didn't know. we spent a great deal of time in the political part of the business and the regulatory part of the business. it was touch and go. i'm not sure it's changed so much. >> i see. okay. what about the global story? a lot of people say in the last several decades american business was really riding a wave of globalization. today, you're more likely to hear about jobs in buffalo and in michigan than in bangalor, india. are economies looking inward? >> i think so. i think there are some coming back. i think that's a good observation and i think that's a good sign. >> you think it's a good sign that it's not the globalization sort of openness that we saw a few years ago and now economies are looking inward? >> glad to see us bringing jobs back to th
. >> what about the idea that the regulatory environment is getting tougher from the epa to, you know, the financial regulators, dodd frank, business today faces a different regulatory environment than the past couple of decades, no? >> i don't think so. i remember early on acquisitions we were going to make t at at&t, it was tough. we didn't know. we spent a great deal of time in the political part of the business and the regulatory part of the business. it was touch and go....
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also the environment there are a lot of things you can capitalize because you don't have to invest on electric cars or transit or whatever to reduce the carbon dioxide, because the emissions of bicycle is zero. there is a huge problem in the u.s. by traffic noise. a lot of people are not aware of it but the effects for people being constantly having traffic noise are enormously. also, in the netherlands productivity loss because the effect that, for instance, in amsterdam, so many people cycle means that there will be a lot less congestion. when you have ever visited amsterdam, see all of these people cycle and who think what would happen if all of these trips would have to be made by car, then there would be no more amsterdam economy because no one would be able to move about. there would be one giant traffic jam all day. so the bike is the grease in the amsterdam economy. you have to build less highways, you have to build less parking garage. you put the bike -- use very little space. where you have to build parking garage, they're very expensive. there are recent surveys that compa
also the environment there are a lot of things you can capitalize because you don't have to invest on electric cars or transit or whatever to reduce the carbon dioxide, because the emissions of bicycle is zero. there is a huge problem in the u.s. by traffic noise. a lot of people are not aware of it but the effects for people being constantly having traffic noise are enormously. also, in the netherlands productivity loss because the effect that, for instance, in amsterdam, so many people cycle...
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for kids growing up in this environment is good for them at an early age to see the gun and respect it because they need to know what kind of damage it can do. this is our first task as a society. keeping our children safe. this is how we will be judged. too much juggling geog. do hack work and get caught when lobbyists money and lawmakers are combined together that's where the problem of corruption comes from. i don't know the document's. keep up a smart look. there is also. another word behind that which is how to influence the citizens steer clear of provocations don't answer any question. came into the office and found banners heinie around the office and lots of strange faces around so i said what's what's happening will somebody please tell me what's going on and they said oh we've come to occupy your building. possibly they want to do a confrontation possibly they wanted me to ring up the police and have the police come in through the mount but it didn't seem to be a good idea to learn the european way with brussels business and in the ocracy it's one person one fault but in bru
for kids growing up in this environment is good for them at an early age to see the gun and respect it because they need to know what kind of damage it can do. this is our first task as a society. keeping our children safe. this is how we will be judged. too much juggling geog. do hack work and get caught when lobbyists money and lawmakers are combined together that's where the problem of corruption comes from. i don't know the document's. keep up a smart look. there is also. another word...
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. >> it's the environment where you grow up. this place will eat you real quick. ♪ >> i'm a member of the aryan brotherhood. it's one of the most despised, one of the most feared prison organizations to exist in this country. everybody hates us. but i'm here to tell you that we're a group of white men who are proud to be white. we make no apologies for being white, and we have a code of honor that we live by. >> the aryan brotherhood is the largest gang at indiana state prison. to no longer be a member of good standing is to be in a very unfortunate position. >> you see the blood clot in my eye. it took at least a day for it to stop bleeding. i got jumped. >> by whom? >> it really all has to do with gangs. >> i used to be in a gang. i used to be affiliated. i'm a color rep from the aryan brotherhood. this was the aryan brotherhood. i covered this up two years ago. i came into prison august 17th of 2006. i covered this up september of the same year. three weeks after me being in prison. i had a case with another aryan, which th
. >> it's the environment where you grow up. this place will eat you real quick. ♪ >> i'm a member of the aryan brotherhood. it's one of the most despised, one of the most feared prison organizations to exist in this country. everybody hates us. but i'm here to tell you that we're a group of white men who are proud to be white. we make no apologies for being white, and we have a code of honor that we live by. >> the aryan brotherhood is the largest gang at indiana state...
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what's better for society, increased production or a cleaner environment? this ethical, moral, or economic question points out the difference between measuring growth and measuring welfare. economic analyst richard gill explains. some say an economist, like a cynic, knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. economists, when they measure gnp and its growth over time, tend to concentrate on goods and services that had market prices, numbers that can be added, subtracted, and multiplied. the more intangible benefits and costs of growth, however much they affect our economic welfare, are much harder to assess. it isn't just an economist's problem. we all have different evaluations of the desirablity or undesirability of economic growth. some people genuinely like the buzz and bustle of a growing economy. others prefer stability and tranquility. who is to say which preference is correct? still, these gnp numbers tell a remarkable story. the curve of real u.s. gnp has fluctuated, but basically, it has ascended dramatically over the past century. the
what's better for society, increased production or a cleaner environment? this ethical, moral, or economic question points out the difference between measuring growth and measuring welfare. economic analyst richard gill explains. some say an economist, like a cynic, knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. economists, when they measure gnp and its growth over time, tend to concentrate on goods and services that had market prices, numbers that can be added, subtracted, and...
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just talking about the overall environment. macy's and target will be key beneficiaries of the housing recovery. of course, people start to go there to spruce up their homes. they have things that certainly go along with it. the wealth of fact, the transition of fact, these are some of the words that citigroup are using in their notes. back to you. ashley: businesses plan for how it should be done. next. tracy: billions of time and fuel waiting in traffic. trust me, i know. take a look at some of today's winners and losers on the nasdaq. we will be right back. ♪ (announcer) scottrade knows our clients trade and invest their own way. with scottrade's smart text, i can quickly understand my charts, and spend more time trading. their quick trade bar lets my account follow me online so i can react in real-time. plus, my local scottrade office is there to help. because they know i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade. voted "best investment services company." officewith an online p
just talking about the overall environment. macy's and target will be key beneficiaries of the housing recovery. of course, people start to go there to spruce up their homes. they have things that certainly go along with it. the wealth of fact, the transition of fact, these are some of the words that citigroup are using in their notes. back to you. ashley: businesses plan for how it should be done. next. tracy: billions of time and fuel waiting in traffic. trust me, i know. take a look at some...
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and that is a difficult environment. we see that with increased generic utilization, with price productions and increased difficulty in getting price for innovation and new products. i really don't see that changing over the next two to three years. but that's also why we've allowed our sales in europe to go from 33% down to 23% and i would anticipate it will be less than 20% in two years' time. >> what's your strategy in terms of r&d? some of your competitors have announced they're going to increase sharply their r&d investment this year. >> the funny thing is, how much you spend on r&d doesn't necessarily correlate to success. so we've tried a much different model, and that is really to move to this open innovation concept. curiously, we actually have a very robust late stage pipeline. we have eight products to be launched between now and 2015. we have nine product approvals in the last 12 months. most of that has come from acquisitions and external licensing. innovation has to be at the core of what we do, but i think
and that is a difficult environment. we see that with increased generic utilization, with price productions and increased difficulty in getting price for innovation and new products. i really don't see that changing over the next two to three years. but that's also why we've allowed our sales in europe to go from 33% down to 23% and i would anticipate it will be less than 20% in two years' time. >> what's your strategy in terms of r&d? some of your competitors have announced they're...
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. >> and it is terrible for the environment. he is just one of hundreds of thousands of chinese in and around beijing who heat their homes with coal. the smoke from these fires contributes to china's infamous small -- smog. people here go for weeks without seeing the sun. the smell of sulfur lingers in the air and eyes burn from the irritants in the sky. >> the main cause is a tremendous reliance on coal mine in china. power plants burn coal to generate electricity. all of the industry here -- steel, cement, chemical plants -- they all use tremendous amounts of energy generated from burning coal. >> china burns almost as much coal as the rest of the world combined, and that is ruining the environment here. modern, clean coal plants like this one meet strict standards, but they are few and far between. >> local governments have always looked the other way. many power companies are also the largest tax payers for that region, and an important part of the local economy. politicians do not dare metal with their businesses. we have t
. >> and it is terrible for the environment. he is just one of hundreds of thousands of chinese in and around beijing who heat their homes with coal. the smoke from these fires contributes to china's infamous small -- smog. people here go for weeks without seeing the sun. the smell of sulfur lingers in the air and eyes burn from the irritants in the sky. >> the main cause is a tremendous reliance on coal mine in china. power plants burn coal to generate electricity. all of the...
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a couple of reasons for that firstly they will be the first olympics to be held in a stop tropical environment understood at the limpid park and it is just a stone's throw away from the black sea amongst the palm trees and then you can catch a train or you will be able to and it will take you thirty minutes to get up into the mountains that krasnaya polyana where you will be able to watch all the alpine ski events lympics is also unique air too because most of the venues have had to be built from scratch and it is a magnificent feat really to get to this stage and how all the venues the main sporting ones up and running and able to host international events they will be tested over the next twelve months or so to make sure they are all in order a lot of infrastructure work is still going on at the moment so there's a lot of roadworks a lot of euros are being built something like three hundred around sochi five hundred kilometers of road and railings have been laid down so there's a lot of inconvenience for people who didn't. but you begin to see just what they've achieved when you look around
a couple of reasons for that firstly they will be the first olympics to be held in a stop tropical environment understood at the limpid park and it is just a stone's throw away from the black sea amongst the palm trees and then you can catch a train or you will be able to and it will take you thirty minutes to get up into the mountains that krasnaya polyana where you will be able to watch all the alpine ski events lympics is also unique air too because most of the venues have had to be built...
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in part because cruises represent such a strong value proposition in this environment. one more thing before i drill down to whether you should sail away on carnival or royal caribbean. for cruise operators, net yield is how we measure them, the purest measure of a kruds company's pricing power. net yield is the ticket price minus the cost of getting there, plus on board spending, minus any commissions paid to travel agents, all which is then divided by the number of veil cruise days. simply put, this is a metric that tells you how much the cruise companies are squeezing out of their passengers. you get a 1% change in net yield in carnival or royal caribbean, that's enough for a 7% earnings in share for either company. this is a gigantic, incredibly easy way to tell how their business is doing, like same-store sales tore retail or revenue per available room for hotels. right now the net yield is in a fabulous position to go higher, thanks to higher demand, lower supply of ships and more and more people are booking online. given that commissions are paid right to the tra
in part because cruises represent such a strong value proposition in this environment. one more thing before i drill down to whether you should sail away on carnival or royal caribbean. for cruise operators, net yield is how we measure them, the purest measure of a kruds company's pricing power. net yield is the ticket price minus the cost of getting there, plus on board spending, minus any commissions paid to travel agents, all which is then divided by the number of veil cruise days. simply...
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the good news is it is much better for the environment. but there has been a cost associated with that. so, costs are up and the lending is not what it once was. so we have many -- i showed you the small fleets are not growing the number of trucks they operate. in part the reason they are doing that, and i also showed you the age has gone up significantly so they are not worth as much as a 3-year-old truck, so we have many small fleets having to sell used trucks to afford one new one. part of that is because they cannot get financing for as much so they have to put more down. the of a thing on this that i have seen over the last two years is lease financing used to be 10%. any trucks that you would acquire in a year especially the smaller fleets would be maybe 10% of the trucks would be from the finance leasing and the rest of the purchases. today is 30 to 40% because it is the only way that they can get it. they can't get all of the financing that they need for the purchasers comes of they are turning more to the leasing. it is a challeng
the good news is it is much better for the environment. but there has been a cost associated with that. so, costs are up and the lending is not what it once was. so we have many -- i showed you the small fleets are not growing the number of trucks they operate. in part the reason they are doing that, and i also showed you the age has gone up significantly so they are not worth as much as a 3-year-old truck, so we have many small fleets having to sell used trucks to afford one new one. part of...
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in that environment, you have -- you have correctly placed your hotels. >> well, it's really interesting for us, our business is so dependent on economic activity, business confidence and consumer confidence. you're exactly right. january in china our rev par numbers with up 6%. that's after a slow down. the government transitions almost behind us, chinese new year will be behind us. china is picking up. latsen america was the strongest growth region, slowed down last year because of argentina. we haven't talked about africa which is another place where global capital flows are coming in in ways we have never seen before. >> let's talk about china for a moment. we see china as having a big year in 2013. a lot of people had penalized your stock, tank it down to the -- well at that point into the 50s because they felt you were overexpanding in china. you're probably as a percentage of what people are putting their capital in the highest of any of the companies i follow in terms of commitment to china? >> well, we're long term bullish on china. today, we have more hotel rooms in china than
in that environment, you have -- you have correctly placed your hotels. >> well, it's really interesting for us, our business is so dependent on economic activity, business confidence and consumer confidence. you're exactly right. january in china our rev par numbers with up 6%. that's after a slow down. the government transitions almost behind us, chinese new year will be behind us. china is picking up. latsen america was the strongest growth region, slowed down last year because of...
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in a subtropical environment understood to be limping park and it is just a stone's throw away from the black sea amongst the palm trees and then you can catch literally a train or you will be able to and it will take you thirty minutes to get up into the mountains and krasnaya polyana where you will be able to watch all the point ski events lympics is also unique air too because most of the venues have to be built from scratch and it is a magnificent feat really to get to this stage and how all the venues the main sporting ones up and running and able to host international events they will be tested over the next twelve months or so to make sure they are all in order a lot of infrastructure work is still going on at the moment so there's a lot of road works a lot of new roads are being built something like three hundred around sochi five hundred kilometers road and railings have been laid down so there's a lot of inconvenience for people who didn't live here but you begin to see just what they've achieved when you look around and it should be a marvelous lympics when they finally get u
in a subtropical environment understood to be limping park and it is just a stone's throw away from the black sea amongst the palm trees and then you can catch literally a train or you will be able to and it will take you thirty minutes to get up into the mountains and krasnaya polyana where you will be able to watch all the point ski events lympics is also unique air too because most of the venues have to be built from scratch and it is a magnificent feat really to get to this stage and how...
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so, a drop off in volume is really a natural occurrence in this environment. > you are just back from china. what did you find there? > > lots of pollution. i was in beijing for two days. i have been in china numerous times, and this was by far the worst i've ever seen it. but, aside from that, you look at the economy, things are moving. it is bouncing right along, and they are rebalancing the economy. you can see the service sector, the financial sector, different things moving. so i think in general things are moving in china. there is still a lot to be done and a lot of reform to be done, not the least of which is clean air and clean water. but i think these are things, initiatives to look forward to, and other than that, i think china is moving as expected, if not better. > we will take out our pollution put there tim. and what about the united states? what worries you about the market here? > > you know, not a lot worries me right now in this market. it is liquidity-driven. the fed is buying 80% of the treasury, which is unbelievable. i never thought i'd see that. so i think as l
so, a drop off in volume is really a natural occurrence in this environment. > you are just back from china. what did you find there? > > lots of pollution. i was in beijing for two days. i have been in china numerous times, and this was by far the worst i've ever seen it. but, aside from that, you look at the economy, things are moving. it is bouncing right along, and they are rebalancing the economy. you can see the service sector, the financial sector, different things moving. so i...
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they are also concerned about the regulatory environment out there and how healthcare will affect them. the debt ceiling continues to go up and the overall debt. they are very concerned about all of those things. lori: do you think washington has the best interests of small business at heart? >> well, i hope so. the unfortunate part is we are seeing it in the administration. it continues to attack small business. washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. we hear about this every single week. lori: you point out that many small businesses do not have lawyers or lobbyists that focus on this. the list goes on and on. that is a serious problem. a serious disadvantage for them, correct? >> exactly. they do not have the resources. that is one of the reasons why we are trying to provide the voice for small businesses. we need to be the advocate for small businesses here in washington. lori: you look at our ballooning national debt in the battle over the current deficit. what is the best outcome? >> that would be for the federal government to reduce spending. that is just all t
they are also concerned about the regulatory environment out there and how healthcare will affect them. the debt ceiling continues to go up and the overall debt. they are very concerned about all of those things. lori: do you think washington has the best interests of small business at heart? >> well, i hope so. the unfortunate part is we are seeing it in the administration. it continues to attack small business. washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. we hear about this...
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>> what we're looking at is an environment where the world's policeman for so many decades is suddenly just not willing to be the traffic cop on every beat. >> there is no defining doctrine that threads its way from administration to administration over american history that makes clear where we will act and where we won't act. >> interventions are dangerous because interventions always come with rather significant unintended consequences. >> narrator: in a democracy, agreement is not essential, but participation is. >> never before in our history have we been so interconnected with the rest of the world. >> foreign policy is actually not foreign. >> america has faced great hardship before and each time we have risen to the challenge. >> the ultimate test is to move our society from where it is to where it has never been. >> join us as we explore today's most critical global issues. join us for great decisions. >> great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, inspiring americans to learn more about the world. sponsorship of great decisions is provided by credit suisse,
>> what we're looking at is an environment where the world's policeman for so many decades is suddenly just not willing to be the traffic cop on every beat. >> there is no defining doctrine that threads its way from administration to administration over american history that makes clear where we will act and where we won't act. >> interventions are dangerous because interventions always come with rather significant unintended consequences. >> narrator: in a democracy,...
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in britain, the environment minister said all is being done to identify those responsible. >> i made it absolutely clear that should there be material which represents a serious threat to human health and emerging from the tests emerging over the next few days,, i will not hesitate to take the necessary action. i will work with the european commission and european authority but we are not in a position to unilaterally and arbitrarily ban a product in the rules of the single market. >> they are trying to establish how and when the horse was relabeled as before being delivered to the luxembourg processing plant. french officials are looking at a supply chain which begins in romania at an abattoir where they slaughter both beef cattle and horses. from there it is but a dutch trader acquired the meat and it was then sold to another trader, this time in cyprus. next, it was sold to its french company which sold -- which sold to the luxembourg plan. tests on ready-made bows and yet -- lasagna and the u.k. revealed it was 100% horse meat. it is a highly complex business, the modern food ind
in britain, the environment minister said all is being done to identify those responsible. >> i made it absolutely clear that should there be material which represents a serious threat to human health and emerging from the tests emerging over the next few days,, i will not hesitate to take the necessary action. i will work with the european commission and european authority but we are not in a position to unilaterally and arbitrarily ban a product in the rules of the single market....
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we need to protect their environment. we have a strict quarantine system to protect the integrity of the environment. forty years on, it's still a class-a nature reserve. it's our job to look after them. ...it's my job to look after it. ♪ >>> after learning that he was the target of a criminal investigation abc 7 news says that lance armstrong is reversing course. he has now agreed to a deal to testify under oath to investigators about his knowledge of doping in the sport of cycling. if the deal goes through he could see he his lifetime ban reduced to 8 years and compete in sanctioned events such as triathlons and marathons. just today he received a two week extension on his deadline to meet with investigators. >>> well, first the a's did it and now the raiders will cover seats in the oakland coliseum's upper deck with giant tarps starting next season tarps will cover several lows on coliseum's east side known as mount davis. some end zone seats will get covered as well apparently. the moves will reduce the seating capa
we need to protect their environment. we have a strict quarantine system to protect the integrity of the environment. forty years on, it's still a class-a nature reserve. it's our job to look after them. ...it's my job to look after it. ♪ >>> after learning that he was the target of a criminal investigation abc 7 news says that lance armstrong is reversing course. he has now agreed to a deal to testify under oath to investigators about his knowledge of doping in the sport of cycling....
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from over fishing and contamination of the environment. the japanese eel lives in rivers all over the country. in autumn they head to the ocean to spawn. the eels have a long journey. they travel to a ridge some 2,200 kilometers southwest of japan and lay their eggs there. the eel have grown five to six centimeters by the time they are back in japan. fishermen catch them and raise them. this fisherman in western japan are concerned about the population of eel left in the wild. they say the catch has declined more than 90% from peak levels. >> translator: the catch is really poor. i'm afraid the eels will become extinct the in the wild if the situation does not improve. >> reporter: japanese officials are taking steps to stop the decline. researchers are trying artificial breeding. three years ago they were the first in the world to successfully farm eel in the complete cycle. but they have not been able to farm on a large scale. one problem is that they are still searching for the right feed. some local governments are also exploring ways
from over fishing and contamination of the environment. the japanese eel lives in rivers all over the country. in autumn they head to the ocean to spawn. the eels have a long journey. they travel to a ridge some 2,200 kilometers southwest of japan and lay their eggs there. the eel have grown five to six centimeters by the time they are back in japan. fishermen catch them and raise them. this fisherman in western japan are concerned about the population of eel left in the wild. they say the...
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the goal is to create a more stable environment for when nato forces leave afghanistan in 2014. the mission is to get the taliban to negotiate peace, but what are the chances? >> 12 years into a war that has cost 440 british lives, the prime minister invited the leaders of both afghanistan and pakistan to talk about the threats facing them all. >> the united kingdom will continue to stand firmly behind both countries as they work together to bring peace and stability to the region. finally, the progress we have achieved today sends a very clear message to the taliban. now is the time for everyone to participate in a peaceful political process in afghanistan. >> as british troops prepared to withdraw from afghanistan and handoff to afghan forces, intense combat like this is rare now. the military believe they have done their job and that this insurgency, like all others, needs a political solution. >> the clock is ticking. we have until the end of 2014, maybe not as long as that, to get this thing sorted out, because we are leaving, and everyone knows it. >> however unpalatable,
the goal is to create a more stable environment for when nato forces leave afghanistan in 2014. the mission is to get the taliban to negotiate peace, but what are the chances? >> 12 years into a war that has cost 440 british lives, the prime minister invited the leaders of both afghanistan and pakistan to talk about the threats facing them all. >> the united kingdom will continue to stand firmly behind both countries as they work together to bring peace and stability to the region....
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for the sake of our nation's economy, our national security, and the world's environment, we must strive to produce the largest possible percentage of our oil needs domestically and endeavor to obtain any of our imports from neighbors and strong allies whether they be canada, mexico, tapping our potential and restoring trust in our people will be a breakthrough in itself. within our report, we set out a number of important goals and these are generally centered around where we need to be by 2020. >> that is just a portion of the remarks today and we will show you the entire speech leading up to the news conference at noon eastern, live here on c-span. elsewhere in washington today, former massachusetts senator john kerry agreed to the state department employees this morning for the first one since being officially sworn in friday. he spent much of the weekend making connections with foreign heads of state and reach out to israeli and palestinian leaders in phone calls yesterday assuring them the obama administration will continue to pursue a mideast peace agreement will recognize in the
for the sake of our nation's economy, our national security, and the world's environment, we must strive to produce the largest possible percentage of our oil needs domestically and endeavor to obtain any of our imports from neighbors and strong allies whether they be canada, mexico, tapping our potential and restoring trust in our people will be a breakthrough in itself. within our report, we set out a number of important goals and these are generally centered around where we need to be by...
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that is the best, most stable environment for children. if marriage was solely about the relationship between two people, we would not bother to enshrine in law, nor would every culture and society and religion for thousands of years investors so much importance because it is about protecting the future. marriage then it's not about me, me, me. it is not about my race, not about my relationships being legally facilitated. it is about a secure environment for creating and raising children based on my phone commitments and exclusivity. marriage is also profoundly pro-woman since it is generally man who is a great propensity to wander off into other relationships. women in general that early left holding the baby. we have to get away from it to ever on life can be forced through merciless present of a quality. i'm a conservative. i do believe we should be concerned with the quality, but not the expense of every other consideration, not the extensive tradition. we should be in the business of protecting institutions and cultural heritage, othe
that is the best, most stable environment for children. if marriage was solely about the relationship between two people, we would not bother to enshrine in law, nor would every culture and society and religion for thousands of years investors so much importance because it is about protecting the future. marriage then it's not about me, me, me. it is not about my race, not about my relationships being legally facilitated. it is about a secure environment for creating and raising children based...
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it was a bad environment. single parent home, my mother and father got qorsed. my mother got married when she was 13. she was one of 24 children. had a horrible life. discovered her husband was a bigamist and only had a third grade education. she had to take care of us from dire poverty. had a horrible temper and horrible self-est teem. i had had a mother who believed in me. and i had a mother who would never allow herself to be a victim no matter what happened. never made excuses, and she never accepted an excuse from us. if we ever came up with an excuse, she said, do you have a brain? if the answer was yes, then she said, then you could have thought of your way out of it. it doesn't matter what anybody else did or said. and it was the most important thing she did for my brother and myself. because if you don't accept excuses, pretty soon people stop giving them and start look forking solutions. that's a critical issue when it comes to success. well, you know, we did live in dire poverty, and one of the things that i hated was poverty. some people hate spiders
it was a bad environment. single parent home, my mother and father got qorsed. my mother got married when she was 13. she was one of 24 children. had a horrible life. discovered her husband was a bigamist and only had a third grade education. she had to take care of us from dire poverty. had a horrible temper and horrible self-est teem. i had had a mother who believed in me. and i had a mother who would never allow herself to be a victim no matter what happened. never made excuses, and she...
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kevin, why shy away from rapidly growing companies in this environment? >> well, i think what you're seeing is a slow-down in earnings growth. but on the other hand, the economy is doing somewhat better than it was, let's say six months ago. so investors who come into the year looking for very fast earnings growth as justification for their stock prices may be somewhat disappointed. so the economy is getting a little bit better, but wave come out of the recession. we've had a full recovery in profits, so here, going forward, we expect to see slower growth and consistency, i think, is the key in that kind of environment. >> tom: you mentioned a full recovery in profits. are stocks, broadly speaking, at this level expensive given the lack of earnings growth that you forecast? >> i don't think they're either expensive or cheap. and the reason i say that is because the standard & poors 500, which is a proxy for the stock market, has about $100 of earnings expected underneath it and it trades at $1500. with the stock market trading at 15 times underlying earni
kevin, why shy away from rapidly growing companies in this environment? >> well, i think what you're seeing is a slow-down in earnings growth. but on the other hand, the economy is doing somewhat better than it was, let's say six months ago. so investors who come into the year looking for very fast earnings growth as justification for their stock prices may be somewhat disappointed. so the economy is getting a little bit better, but wave come out of the recession. we've had a full...
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. >> what about the idea that the regulatory environment is getting tougher from the epa to the financial regulators, dodd-frank, basel. business faces a different situation than decades ago. >> i don't think so. i remember acquisitions with at&t we didn't know. it was tough. we spent a great deal of time in the political and regulatory part of the business. it was touch and go. i'm not sure it change sod much. >> okay. what about the global story? people say in the last several decades, you know, american business was really riding a wave of globalization. today you're more likely to hear about jobs in buffalo and in michigan than in bangalore, india. are economies looking inward? >> i think so. there are some coming back. that's a good sign. >> you think it's a good sign that it's not the globalization openness we saw a few years ago and now economies are looking inward? >> glad to see us bring jobs back to this country and rethink that. that's helpful. >> final question. what do you drive? you driving a gm? >> i am driving a gtm cadillac ctsv. it's a great car. hot wheel. >> hot wheels
. >> what about the idea that the regulatory environment is getting tougher from the epa to the financial regulators, dodd-frank, basel. business faces a different situation than decades ago. >> i don't think so. i remember acquisitions with at&t we didn't know. it was tough. we spent a great deal of time in the political and regulatory part of the business. it was touch and go. i'm not sure it change sod much. >> okay. what about the global story? people say in the last...
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investors like the plan to cut costs and better position the bank for a tougher regulatory environment. so the shares surged over 9% to $20.55. utbany of barclay's competitorsutlso moved highto. bank of america rose over 3%, making it the biggest gainer in the dow. j.p. morgan and travelers were both up about 1%. fashion designer michael kors was another big gainer thanks to better than expected third quarter earnings and revenues. the company credits higher sales and the opening of new stores. but what really helped the stock: the company lifted its full-year earnings guidance. the shares rallied nearly 10% or $5 today to $62 a share. new york and company, the women's apparel retailer, also raised its guidance, but just on fourth quarter sales. the chain now expects sales to gain 2.3% thanks to successful a holiday season. the stock jumped 7% to $4.30. fashion accessories retailer fossil also g a boost today, rising 3% to $110 a share. the company says fourth quarter esonings rose 28%, much better than expected. sales growth was strong in its wholesale divisions in north america and a
investors like the plan to cut costs and better position the bank for a tougher regulatory environment. so the shares surged over 9% to $20.55. utbany of barclay's competitorsutlso moved highto. bank of america rose over 3%, making it the biggest gainer in the dow. j.p. morgan and travelers were both up about 1%. fashion designer michael kors was another big gainer thanks to better than expected third quarter earnings and revenues. the company credits higher sales and the opening of new stores....